Animal exerciser



May l, 1934. J. J. VAN KLEEK ANIMAL EXERC I SER 2 Sheets-Sheet l FiledFeb. 4, 1933 May l, 1934 J. J. VAN KLEEK 1,956,937

ANIMAL EXERC I SER Filed Feb. 4, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 H Ks Il. Vall',

Fatented May 1, 1931i NETE@ FATENT @FFCE 1,956,937 ANMAL EXERCISER.ludson J. Van Kleek, Beaverton, Oreg. Application February 4, 1933,Serial No. 655,213' 4 Claims. (Cl. 119-117) Dairymen and stock breedersare confronted My exercising machine consists of a base with the problemof giving the bulls of their Which may be of concrete (or Wood if theexnerd proper and sufficient exercise. Without such ercising machine isto be moved. from one place exercise the hull may become unmanageable soto another). On the base o, is mounted a block b as to be a constantsource of danger and annoyin which is journaled for rotation a shortver- @d ance. Besides, improper or insuflicient exercise tical shaft c.On this shaft is mounted a Worm has a tendency to render the bulls slowand logy, Wheel d which meshes with a Worm e carried by especially suchas have to ce kept in cramped a horizontal shaft f. On this shaft areloosely quarters; and it also affects the breeding e mounted oppositespur gears g,h,vvhich mesh with l ciency of the animal. a spur pinion ifast on a shaft a' which is driven 65 The object of my invention is toprovide an by any convenient means, for example, an electric inexpensiveand simple device which, in a general or gas motor. way, may be said toconsist of an arm revolved On the vertical shaft c is mountedahorizontalin a horizontal plane by convenient means, the ly extendingarm 7c. To support the arm the l5 direction being constantly,automatically reversed worm Wheel d may be made with a hub Z, as il- 70when the arm has been revolved in one direction lustrated by Figs. 5 and6. In order to brace the a predetermined segment of a circle; and thedeinner end of the arm 7c brace rods m, n may be gree of revolutionbeing adjustable. provided supporting the arm on the worm Wheel; Theanimal is fastened to the extremity of the and the bend in the arm maybe supported by a revolved arm by a lead rope. rl'he connection of strutrod o, and an adjustable tie rod o. 75 the lead rope is such as toeliminate any danger The extremity of the arm should be more or ofharming or irrita-ting the animal by severe less resilient so as toeliminate all rigidity and jerking; such jerking in the case of a bullhavnot exert a hard pull on the animal When the ing a ring inserted inhis nose, might jerk out arm has reached the length of its sweep in onesuch ring. direction and is leading the animal to reverse 80 The arm isrevolved at such height and is of its Walk in the opposite direction.Such resilsuch length that the animal may freely pass beiency may beattained by constructing the outer neath it Without danger of tanglingthe lead rope end of the arm of reducing sections, as shown by with thearm. This arrangement makes it posk2 and k3 in Fig. 1. The lead rope rcarried sible to reverse the exerciser Without interfering by the armmay be supported thereon thru rings p. .85 with the movements of theanimal. The inner end of the lead rope should be fas- The details ofconstruction and the mode of tened to the arm by a strong spring q whichprooperation of my animal exerciser are hereinafter vides ample play forthe animal when urged to fully described with reference to theaccompanystart, stop or turn by the revolution of the arm ing drawings.lc in reverse directions. 90 In such drawings: The reversal of therevolution of the arm is Fig. 1 shows an elevation of my animalexaccomplished by means of a trip lever t which erciser illustrating itsarrangement and cperaoperates a rocker u and the latter sliding thetion; clutch element D in opposite directions on the 4.0 Fig, 2 shows aplan or top View corresponding shaft f; the trip lever retained in oneposition 95 with Fig. 1; or the other by a spring w as more clearlyshown Fig. 3 shows a smaller scale diagrammatic view in Fig. 4.illustrating how my device may be adjusted so The arm 7c is preferablycounter-balanced by that the arm thereof makes a. sweep of only half aWeight a: as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and the a circle in any onedirection, and then is auto- Worm Wheel dis provided with a series ofspaced 100 matically reversed. It further illustrates the holes d inWhich are movably inserted pins s effect of leading the animal in onedirection and and s', which pins on coming into contact With thenreversing' the lead; the trip lever t trip the same as illustrated inFig. 4 shows a partial plan View with parts Figs. 4 and '7, and thusslide the clutch element 5.0 in section, of one embodiment of meanswhereby v into engagement With one or the other of the 105 my inventionis carried into practice; gears g, h to drive the Worm e in one or theFig. 5 shows a fragmentary sectional elevaother direction. tion of thedevices shown in Fig. 4; and The operation of my exerciser is evidentfrom Figs. 6 and l show details, partly in section, the descriptionabove given. The alternate reillustrating structural features of mydevice. versing of the direction of the sweep of the arm no lc eectsthrowing into play the muscles of the animals back and loins. Itexercises, in short, his Whole mid-section.

Besides its use as described, my

exercise by my machine being continued for another forty minutes theanimal was calmed down to such an extent that he could be led back tothe barn as gentle as a calf.

In short, my machine may be effectively used for taining unruly bulls orcattle Without irritating their tempers or injuring them in any manner,for injury to them is prevented by arranging the arm at such heightabove the ground turned about by the lead rope Without the latterbecoming entangled with the arm. And furthermore, injury toI the animalis provided against by making the extremity of the arm springy andproviding some give in the pull on the lead rope.

As evident from such construction two animals may be led to and fro forexercise by my machine; the animals being led in opposite directions,and at a considerable distance from each other.

I claim:

1. An animal exerciser comprising, an arm mounted for revolving in ahorizontal plane, a

between the motor and the arm including reversing means operated byrevolving the arm a predetermined distance in one direction andadjustable to vary the degree of revolution, the length of said arm andits plane of rotation being adapted to permit the animal to pass underthe arm, a lead rope extending from the extremity of the arm and meansproviding yielding of the lead rope.

3. In an animal exerciser, a base, a vertical shaft rotatably mounted insaid base, a horizontal arm carr'ed by said shaft, means for rolill

